Improvement in apparatus for packing preserves



waited tatve CHRISTOPHERl T. PROVOST, OF NEW YRK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 103,927, dated Jzm-o 7 1870.

IMPROVEMNT IN APPARATUS FOR. PAGKING- PRESERVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER T. IRovos'r,

Aof the city, county, and State of New York, have ini which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure l represents a sectional elevation of my im-` proved preserve-packing apparatus. Figure 2 is an inverted end view of the perforated presser.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the packing of tolnatoes'and other vegetables or fruitin th preserve-ca1`1s.

At present vegetables are packed so loosely that, in many cases, the value of the can exceeds by far that` of its contents.

By means of my invention the cans can be thoroughly and closely packed, and the useless water removed without improperly mashing the fruit or vegetables Vto be preserved.

My invention consists in the use of a tube, A, and

l hollow presser, B.

The tube A is about twice as long as the can, C, to be packed, and ot' such diameter as to tit snugly into the can. l

The presser B consists of a sieve, a, which is sep cured to the enlargedlower end of a tubular shank, b,

the sieve being of such size as to fit snugly into the tube A.

The operation is .as follows:

The tube A is fitted into the can, and is then filled with the vegetables or fruit to be preserved. The presser is then, with the broad en d, inserted in the' tube, and gently forced down so asto compressthe fruit, while the water can enter the presser.

iVhen the contents of the tube have been comA pressed to the height of the can, the whole apparatus is turned, so asY to let the Water or liquor dow ont through the upper end of the shank b.

The presser is now removed and the tube A withdrawn, the compressed matter remaining in the can ready for preservation. In this manner the cans can be quickly and properly packed Without the unnecessary loss of space occasioned by the present method of packing.

' Having thus described my invention,

I claim Vas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The presser B, consisting of the hollow sha-nk b and perforated bottom a, substantially as heroin set forth and described.

2. The combination ofthe presser B' and sieve a, with the tube A, all arranged for packing land compressing fruits, vegetables, 85o., as set forth.

CHRISTOPHER T. PROVOST.

fitness'es A. W. BRIEsnN, GEO. W. Manna, 

